JavaFX – Lazy Loading

It will be nice if we could break down the application into smaller modules and load the modules as and when its required. This will significantly reduce the start-up time. Here is an attempt to perform lazy loading of javafx modules.

A list of samples is shown. User can select the sample to be loaded from this list. The samples are dynamically loaded from JavaFX Samples. The sample is loaded using URLClassLoader. Then its instantiated and content of stage (JFrame) is obtained and added to main application.

Click on above image to load the Applet

This is an experimental implementation, just to try out the approach. There are issues with focus (cursor not shown on TextBox, but can still type), multiple Stage (JFrame) and may be some memory leak. The content is initially shown on another frame. Then its removed from original frame and added it to main frame. This causes some flickering. The implementation can be enhanced a bit so as to use some internal APIs and make things a bit more elegant. In any case I think the next version of JavaFX will have built in support for this. Which will be much more stable and flexible.

Disclaimer: Its an experimental implementation. Not concrete yet. Yes it can be enhanced. I just thought of putting it out so others can try to enhance it..